Recent content by jamesd

The leak is at the base through the metal - must be corrosion - an old sock is wedged in to soak it up and calling a central heating engineer tomorrow. Cheers BAHCO and oilman.

What - not use a hammer and a large chisel to remove foam? Of course - anyway have to ask her indoors permission to tinker first...

Thanks - I'll go get a knife and start hacking...

Hi Haven't got a scooby how old the cylinder is - possibly 10-12 years+. I can't actually see where the leak is - it manifests itself at the bottom of the cylinder and into the floorboards supporting it. Cheers JD

Hi all I have a foam-insulated copper hot water cylinder that appears to be leaking slowly. To ease me into the impending state of financial shock - is there a wonder substance out there that can be fed into the cylinder to fix leaks? Or is it possibly corrosion (the foam's green but where...